Board Appointment

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Datamonitor PLC
25 July 2002

                                                                25 July 2002



                                DATAMONITOR plc
                     The Premium Business Information Company



                        Non-Executive Board Appointment

Datamonitor plc is pleased to announce that Graham Albutt has been appointed
non-executive Director to the Board by Reuters Group PLC. This appointment will
be effective from 23 July 2002. Graham Albutt replaces Bradley Hanson, a
non-executive Director appointed by Reuters Group PLC in 1998, who has resigned
from the Board.

Graham is President of the Business Technology Group at Reuters, which consists
of 4,000 staff worldwide. Prior to this appointment Graham was Chief Information
Officer at Reuters America. Graham's broad experience of the business
information industry, gained over 15 years at Reuters, will be of considerable
benefit to us. Graham was a director of Cambridge Technology Partners between
1999 - 2000. Graham will join the audit and remuneration committees.

There are no disclosures to be made in respect of paragraph 6.F.2 (b) to (g) of
the Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.


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